Tag: Peter Skorput

In the last 12 months, some of the board's meetings have been standing-room-only and the manners among some attendees have been anything but mild.

Eventually, the healing started when the select board called up Steve Traver, the interim chief from Richmond, to explain the path forward.

On multiple occasions, the commission found, Skorput violated a provision of the conflict of interest law that prohibits municipal employees from acting officially in matters involving their own financial interests or those of an immediate family member.

In the spirit of reflection and self-examination, herein lies The Edge's second annual Great Barrington year in review. It includes some select stories from other South County towns as well, along with embedded links to Edge stories for more information.

Peter Skorput, fire chief and a former selectboard member, allegedly "committed multiple conflict of interest law violations, including setting stipends for himself, his daughter and his nephew; voting as a selectboard member to reappoint himself fire chief; and terminating a firefighter who had filed a complaint against him.”

At issue is a 2016 report that raised serious questions about management and finances in the 12-member fire department.